On another forum, and the posting on that forum was a decade old, an old-salt stated that as a young man he'd used Whale Oil on his firearm to prevent rust, and as lubrication. Well Whale Oil is gone in this country, and although jojoba oil is (in a lab) the same molecule, this fellow reported that it doesn't keep the rust at bay the way the original product did. However, he did mention that a potion [my word] of 1 part STP, and 2 parts Marvel Mystery Oil and ATF fluid would lube and prevent rust as the old Whale Oil did.
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I'm not a member of that forum, and so I was in read-only mode, and could not ask even had the posting been very recent, what's wrong with a current brand name "gun-oil" like the kind from Remington or Hoppe's..., IF you're going to use a petroleum product? From some of the other comments it was in response to the owner of a vintage handgun wanting to preserve it with the same stuff that had been used on it when it was new ??? Not sure why that mattered...
I actually had that stuff around for my cars, so I tried a little bit..., no idea if it's any better than Barricade-and-Hoppe's Oil. It did work well in taking some rust OFF a musket barrel when I used it plus some very fine emory cloth...
LD
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I'm not a member of that forum, and so I was in read-only mode, and could not ask even had the posting been very recent, what's wrong with a current brand name "gun-oil" like the kind from Remington or Hoppe's..., IF you're going to use a petroleum product? From some of the other comments it was in response to the owner of a vintage handgun wanting to preserve it with the same stuff that had been used on it when it was new ??? Not sure why that mattered...
I actually had that stuff around for my cars, so I tried a little bit..., no idea if it's any better than Barricade-and-Hoppe's Oil. It did work well in taking some rust OFF a musket barrel when I used it plus some very fine emory cloth...
LD